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How are you supposed to learn concepts like higher-order functions if you only know C, for example?

• hardware2win 4y ago
  If mathematicans did it, then why we, computer people wouldnt?
  • rosetremiere 4y ago
    In my opinion, having it baked it into a language you use allows a sort of internalization of the concept by practice/use. You don't just get the idea, but get a feel for it.
• wiseowise 4y ago
  Read about them?
  • xigoi 4y ago
    What is that good for if you can't use them for anything?
    • wiseowise 4y ago
      What is that good for in other language if your day job is in C?
      • xigoi 4y ago
        You know, there are programmers that don't code only as their job, or don't even have a (programming) job.
• scns 4y ago
  The book Functional C by Hartel & Muller. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Functional-C-Hartel-Muller/31acb7abaf3a1962b27be9faa2322038d1ac9ed7 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Functional-C-Hartel-Mu...